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obama. i have seen that by raising the issue we can put that on the agenda in other countries and we have to do much more at home. the previous documentary turning oppression into opportunity world i'd. >> thank you very much. >> good to see you. >> in 41 days to go until the election. early voting begins next tuesday. listen to governor romney. >> a lot of people can talk. talk is cheap. you can be eloquent and describe the wonderful things you can do. but when you cut through the words you can look at the record. and you can see the jobs that america needs and you know it is time to choose a new leader and get a coach and get america growing again. >> the polls the new "new york times" cbs poll has president obama with a nine point lead. the 12 point lead over mitt romney romney. how bad is this for the romney campaign? he is a genius behind the 538 blog. welcome, you are a genius. you have an extraordinary grasp. with this book, the of just question to you, 41 day to go, who is going to w
obama. i have seen that by raising the issue we can put that on the agenda in other countries and we have to do much more at home. the previous documentary turning oppression into opportunity world i'd. >> thank you very much. >> good to see you. >> in 41 days to go until the election. early voting begins next tuesday. listen to governor romney. >> a lot of people can talk. talk is cheap. you can be eloquent and describe the wonderful things you can do. but when you cut...
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and ironically if you repeal obama care, and i've become fond of this terms, obama care. if you repeal it, what happens, those seniors will pay $600 more in prescription care, will have to pay copays for basic checkups that will keep them healthier and the primary beneficiary of that repeal are insurance companies that are estimated to gain billions of dollars back when they aren't making seniors any healthier, and i don't think that's the right approach when it comes to making sure that medicare is stronger over the long term. >> we'll talk about -- specifically about health care in a moment. do you support the voucher system, governor? >> what i support is no change >> what i support is no change for current retirees and near retirees to medicare and the president supports taking $716 million out of that program. that's number one. number two, for people coming along that are young. what i do to make sure we have medicare in place for them is allow them to choose the current medicare program or a private plan, their choice. they get to -- and they'll have at let two pla
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obama. we had a very difficult moment in 2008. there were two wonderful, credible candidates fighting against each other. they came together and they are still together. bill clinton, once again, validated president obama who is someone who is up to the job and getting america back on track. >> they're probably not hanging out together having a beer after this. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe as you well know. >> carly fiorina? >> i agree. i think bill clinton is an incredibly skillful and fantastic storyteller. we heard a story in that clip that you played. his story was all the problems were caused by republicans for the last eight years. it was bill clinton that seened financial deregulation, democrats who sat and stood in opposition to reigning in fannie mae and freddie mac, which helped create the mortgage crisis. he told a great story. problem is he used some facts that helped him and ignored some facts that didn't help him. it was vintage clinton, great t
obama. we had a very difficult moment in 2008. there were two wonderful, credible candidates fighting against each other. they came together and they are still together. bill clinton, once again, validated president obama who is someone who is up to the job and getting america back on track. >> they're probably not hanging out together having a beer after this. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe as you well know. >> carly fiorina? >> i agree. i...
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what the heck were you doing obama? >> i am not going to speculate. >> i reckon it was the spare room for the president. >> but i do believe she is a very strong advocate for the president. i believe that he is now understanding the depths to which that debate performance hurt him, and actually hurt people that were for him. i think they are trying to re-calibrate. the other thing i think they're trying to do is stop a little bit of some of the democratic panic. that some people on the left are looking at this and thinking they see a surge by mitt romney. they saw the performance, there is not another debate until tomorrow. the president doesn't debate until next week. what is going to stop the polls from moving? >> i agree with you, i think andrew sullivan, the accent is ridiculous, part of the blogs, it is the end of the world as we know it. it is all over, we're all doomed. come on, kristen soltis, how important is the vice president debate? if joe biden eats paul ryan for dinner is that going to change things dramat
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obama. you know, we had a very difficult moment in 2008. it was two wonderful incredible candidates fighting against each other, they came together and they're still together and tonight bill clinton once again validated president obama as someone who is up to the job and getting america back on -- >> they're not hanging out tonight having a beer together. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe, as you know. >> i agree, i think bill clinton is an incredibly skillful and fantastic storyteller. he told a story in that clip. all the problems were caud by the republicans for the last eight years, it was bill clinton that signed financial deregulati deregulation. it was democrats who stood in opposition to reigning in fannie mae and freddie mac which helped create the mortgage crisis. so he told a great story. the problem is, he used some facts that helped him, and ignored some facts that didn't help him, it was vintage clinton, it was great to watch. it was a great story.
obama. you know, we had a very difficult moment in 2008. it was two wonderful incredible candidates fighting against each other, they came together and they're still together and tonight bill clinton once again validated president obama as someone who is up to the job and getting america back on -- >> they're not hanging out tonight having a beer together. they've gone their separate ways. >> it depends on the recipe, as you know. >> i agree, i think bill clinton is an...
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you know how that is for manager. >> they have a lot more than barack obama did when barack obama got elected president. he had none. mitt romney has been an international businessman. president obama had just about never traveled outside the united states except for the time he grew up in hawaii. i mean, and went to, wherever it was. malaysia or someplace like that. these people have considerably more foreign policy experience than a lot of people who run for president. i think the best president of the second half of the 20th century, the most effectual on foreign policy had no foreign policy experience. ronald reagan. he was just a dam good leader and i think ryan and romney have that quality. would you if you were romney if you win in november, you would have to be tempted to bring back condoleezza rice. >> after that speech tonight? >> would be you want her as secretary of state again? >> i have never seen arrives arrives give a political speech. what it says to me, she is worried about the country. you don't come out of the hollowed position she is in and get engaged in this pol
you know how that is for manager. >> they have a lot more than barack obama did when barack obama got elected president. he had none. mitt romney has been an international businessman. president obama had just about never traveled outside the united states except for the time he grew up in hawaii. i mean, and went to, wherever it was. malaysia or someplace like that. these people have considerably more foreign policy experience than a lot of people who run for president. i think the best...
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i do an obama impression. i would like four more years of employment. >> i do a mitt romney impression. being uncomfortable talking to laborers. i would like to see him win. >> so good. >> you have to do the impressions because you are talking about it. >> i don't think so. >> come on, do it. >> what are do you want to hear? ask me a couple of questions. >> give me a speech and if we have hope and change -- >> that's a speech to me, but let me hear your. >> for we have hope and change, i need your vote. if you feel the empire strikes back was better than jedi, i need your vote. i want sasha and malia to go to bed. >> of all the speeches you saw at the rnc and dnc, which was your favorite? >> i like paul ryan because we were talking about the youth vote and he got the youth vote name dropping ac/dc and led zeppelin. those are the bands kids today are into. i appreciated that. >> you are going to get the use of the blazing blue eyes. >> yours? >> i agree. i thought paul ryan was awesome possum. i was drawn into
i do an obama impression. i would like four more years of employment. >> i do a mitt romney impression. being uncomfortable talking to laborers. i would like to see him win. >> so good. >> you have to do the impressions because you are talking about it. >> i don't think so. >> come on, do it. >> what are do you want to hear? ask me a couple of questions. >> give me a speech and if we have hope and change -- >> that's a speech to me, but let me...
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the new poll shows barack obama beating romney by 10 points. >> obama had a pretty good week in the polls in ohio and florida but the real winner this week, the nfl football fans. >> the temps are out. the old referees are back in. and if the referees won, i think nfl fans won. >> now they can stop complaining about the replacement refs and start complaining about the regular refs. >> nfl referees, they had the best week and they're good unlike those replacement refs, but they are bad. maybe
the new poll shows barack obama beating romney by 10 points. >> obama had a pretty good week in the polls in ohio and florida but the real winner this week, the nfl football fans. >> the temps are out. the old referees are back in. and if the referees won, i think nfl fans won. >> now they can stop complaining about the replacement refs and start complaining about the regular refs. >> nfl referees, they had the best week and they're good unlike those replacement refs,...
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look at this new obama tack ad. this is involving big bird. >> how he will cut the deficit, he says he can make the math work by eliminating local public funding for -- funding for pbs. >> that wasn't the right tape. the right tape is the obama attack ad where he goes through these terrible people and you end up with big bird and he's wrecking your life, blah, blah, blah. my argument with that is that it just seemed very trivial. of all the things to now go after mitt romney about, big bird? we've got it now. let's watch it. >> bernie madoff. ken lay. you agree with it or not it's a reasonable point to make. but going after him in the wrong way. if i was going after mitt romney and i was a democrat president right now, i would be going after him hard and serious about his plan to get america back to work, his plan to revive the economy, the tax plans at the moment have no real beef to them. >> i think you're exactly right. a lot of republicans look at that and they say keep doing that, because they're going to lose.
look at this new obama tack ad. this is involving big bird. >> how he will cut the deficit, he says he can make the math work by eliminating local public funding for -- funding for pbs. >> that wasn't the right tape. the right tape is the obama attack ad where he goes through these terrible people and you end up with big bird and he's wrecking your life, blah, blah, blah. my argument with that is that it just seemed very trivial. of all the things to now go after mitt romney about,...
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look at this new obama tack ad. this is involving big bird. >> how he will cut the deficit, he says he can make the math work by eliminating local public funding for -- funding for pbs. >> that wasn't the right tape. the right tape is the obama attack ad where he goes through these terrible people and you end up with big bird and he's wrecking your life, blah, blah, blah. my argument with that is that it just seemed very trivial. of all the things to now go after mitt romney about, big bird? we've got it now. let's watch it. >> bernie madoff. ken lay. dennis kozlowski. criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius that towered over him? one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's sesame street. >> rick, you see, if i was on your side, i would be like i would welcome this. it looks unpresidential, a bit silly, a bit school play ground, latching on one quite light-hearted alth
look at this new obama tack ad. this is involving big bird. >> how he will cut the deficit, he says he can make the math work by eliminating local public funding for -- funding for pbs. >> that wasn't the right tape. the right tape is the obama attack ad where he goes through these terrible people and you end up with big bird and he's wrecking your life, blah, blah, blah. my argument with that is that it just seemed very trivial. of all the things to now go after mitt romney about,...
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obama. he worked for welfare reform and worked with republicans to cut spending and he did not play the kind of political games that president obama is playing. >> i want to review the '90s here, because the '90s described are not the '90s i remember and i was up on capitol hill when president clinton presented a budget that no republican voted for in his first term and there were two government shutdowns because the republicans and the white house could not get together on spending and what a budget should look like and when there was an impeachment process. so this is not some kumbaya time. >> no, it was very tough. >> and very tough time and yet the americans are embracing bill clinton and basically why? >> well, if you are paul ryan you did what i did in the 1990s come up with a serious plan and try to get to a balanced budget and you are invited to a speech where he attacks you publicly, you can't defend yourself. clinton and i fought a lot. the government was shut down twice. we passed
obama. he worked for welfare reform and worked with republicans to cut spending and he did not play the kind of political games that president obama is playing. >> i want to review the '90s here, because the '90s described are not the '90s i remember and i was up on capitol hill when president clinton presented a budget that no republican voted for in his first term and there were two government shutdowns because the republicans and the white house could not get together on spending and...
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this is a very pro-obama crowd. i spoke to a number of people here who say that they are not only -- they are volunteers who go around two or three days a week, knocking on doors. some of them have flown in from other states, a very few. those who live here say they are inundated day and night with phone calls themselves and are constantly -- it's what you giv get when you live in ohio. people nonstop these days are bombarding them with calls and messages because they just can't stop. these people say that this crowd in here has all early voted. everyone around on the upper rafters have not yet voted, say they will between today and tomorrow, don. >> all right. we'll see. thank you, jess. we appreciate it. we want to head west. colorado is another critical campaign state for both candidates. some say voters there may be growing weary of the negative tone of late that's happening now. the question now becomes if and how that may affect voters come election day. kyung lah is in castle rock where vice presidential hope
this is a very pro-obama crowd. i spoke to a number of people here who say that they are not only -- they are volunteers who go around two or three days a week, knocking on doors. some of them have flown in from other states, a very few. those who live here say they are inundated day and night with phone calls themselves and are constantly -- it's what you giv get when you live in ohio. people nonstop these days are bombarding them with calls and messages because they just can't stop. these...
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and that's president obama. notice the pattern, in the last couple weeks, this is the last two weeks. the last two weeks of this campaign, about 9 states have gotten the attention, the rest of you just get to watch. >> thanks very much. we're awaiting speeches as i said by president obama and romney. romney's wrapping up election eve at a rally in new hampshire. jim acosta is there, he joins me now on the phone. what's the mood like within the romney camp tonight? >> i'm sorry i can't get in front of a camera right now. the romney campaign has been running behind for a good part of the last six hours or so. mainly because mitt romney has been trying to shake every hand. talk to every overflow crowd. i have to say, anderson, the mood inside this campaign right now, is serious and determined, despite what the latest battleground polls show, with the president with a slight edge. i was talking to some senior romney advisers earlier today. they're convinced they're going to win a clear and decisive victory tomorrow
and that's president obama. notice the pattern, in the last couple weeks, this is the last two weeks. the last two weeks of this campaign, about 9 states have gotten the attention, the rest of you just get to watch. >> thanks very much. we're awaiting speeches as i said by president obama and romney. romney's wrapping up election eve at a rally in new hampshire. jim acosta is there, he joins me now on the phone. what's the mood like within the romney camp tonight? >> i'm sorry i...
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in your obama, can you do obama's message to the youth to get the young people out? and i don't know, jared, maybe you want to see a romney or a paul ryan. i don't know. or a clinton. >> all right. >> let's see. >> young people, i'm speaking to all y'all right now, okay? i need you to get out there and vote. it's not going to be easy. not going to be easy. you're going to have put down your x-box controller, right? you have to put down your cool ranch doritos and leave the comforts of your home. you might have to drive upwards to two miles away to -- to -- to vote, all right? i -- i -- i need you to do it. we need your vote. get fired up. and ready to go. >> mr. romney? mr. romney? >> yeah, no. yeah, i'll do paul ryan. i'm paul ryan and let's right into it. bands i like. molly hatchet, okay? sole asylum. rage against the machine! they don't like me, but i like them! in fact, a lot of these bands hate my guts and that is why they're tight. >> why should young people go vote for you? >>. >> your abs your abs. >> thanks, guys. that was really funny. >>> how about this?
in your obama, can you do obama's message to the youth to get the young people out? and i don't know, jared, maybe you want to see a romney or a paul ryan. i don't know. or a clinton. >> all right. >> let's see. >> young people, i'm speaking to all y'all right now, okay? i need you to get out there and vote. it's not going to be easy. not going to be easy. you're going to have put down your x-box controller, right? you have to put down your cool ranch doritos and leave the...
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. >> a president obama the first female president? a new twist in the controversial pardons including haleigh barbour. tonight a man freed is facing new charges. and the fbi getting involved in the massive losses at jpmorgan. [ male announcer ] this... is the at&t network. a living, breathing intelligence teaching data how to do more for business. [ beeping ] in here, data knows what to do. because the network finds it and tailors it across all the right points, automating all the right actions, to bring all the right results. [ whirring and beeping ] it's the at&t network -- doing more with data to help business do more for customers. ♪ >>> our second story out front, president obama up nine points over mitt romney among women voters. this is according to the latest gallup poll. and last night we were talking about the cbs/new york times poll which showed romney up by three points, which was within the margin of error, but still surprised people on the panel. and it is right now nine points in the president's favor according to gal
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we're waiting for live events with president obama and michelle obama. a lot more ahead, we'll bring it to you as it happens, our election eve reporting continues in a moment. wait for it... wait for it... [ dog ] you know, i just don't think i should have to wait for it! who do you think i am, quicken loans? ♪ at quicken loans, we won't make you wait for it. our efficient, online system allows us to get you through your home loan process fast. which means you'll never have to beg for a quick closing. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. bonkers, look at me when i'm talking to you. everyone in the nicu, all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. if you're caring for a child with special needs, our innovative special care program offers strategies that can he
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? less expensive option than a traditional lawyer? at legalzoom you get personalized services for your family and your business that's 100% guaranteed. so go to legalzoom.com today for personalized, affordable legal protection. we believe the more you know, the better you trade. so we have ongoing webinars and interactive learning, plus, in-branch seminars at over 500 locations, where our dedicated support teams help you know more so your money can do more. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our teams have the information you want when you need it. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. clinton yesterday and sat down with my cgi panel. the saudi philanthropistens ameerah al-taweel, deepak chopra, recording artist will.i.am and retired general wesley clark. >> ameerah al-taweel, let
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there was one about obama care. it does get savings from medicare and use them for their health care plan. there's a big debate about whether those savings come from the program. the administration says, no, they come from payments, that would go to democracy and other things. so you're taking money, but that would be debated in the campaign. let's continue the conversation here. >> can i just say to your medicare point, the ryan budget also assumed the same $716 billion in medicare savings, not for, of course, the president's health care reform plan, but assumed those savings for something else. another thing with paul ryan and he talked about the bipartisan debt commission. of course. he was a member of the bipartisan debt commission. he voted against the product there. yet tonight he chided the president for doing nothing about it saying they came back with an urgent report. he thanked them. well, the tremendous -- part of the "they" was paul ryan who wouldn't sign on to it. >> wouldn't sign on because they would
there was one about obama care. it does get savings from medicare and use them for their health care plan. there's a big debate about whether those savings come from the program. the administration says, no, they come from payments, that would go to democracy and other things. so you're taking money, but that would be debated in the campaign. let's continue the conversation here. >> can i just say to your medicare point, the ryan budget also assumed the same $716 billion in medicare...
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so the fact that president obama and his campaign and president obama, the person in particular has started to reach out to him over the past couple of years, asking him for advice and asking him for surrogate and sent him on missions is kind of the culmination of that, and the culmination of loving the fact that he is back and wanted and needed and he knows he can deliver it like no one else. >> and how did he set up the president for tonight, maria, because the bar is pretty high. >> absolutely. bill clinton did three things brilliantly last night. the first one is that he was wonky, but he served it up in a colloquial way that everybody could understand it and everything that he was talking about was very relevant to everyday people's live, and the second thing is that in that way, he had a super defense and embrace of the obama accomplishments which is something that frankly a lot of people who said that the obama campaign had been doing this for months, we would not be in this tight race, and the third thing is that he essentially became a surrogate for feeling our pain for the preside
so the fact that president obama and his campaign and president obama, the person in particular has started to reach out to him over the past couple of years, asking him for advice and asking him for surrogate and sent him on missions is kind of the culmination of that, and the culmination of loving the fact that he is back and wanted and needed and he knows he can deliver it like no one else. >> and how did he set up the president for tonight, maria, because the bar is pretty high....
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and this from james, it depends on who president obama says tonight. and if his speech is as good as his wife's speech and as informative as president clinton's speech, he will win in november. keep the conversation going. thank you for your comments. and thank you for joining me this morning. i'm carol costello. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ashleigh banfield. >>> thank you very much. hi, everybody. good to see you. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 on the west coast. let's get down to business. whatever happens in november, whatever happens tonight in charlotte is something that barack obama will never do again, accept his party's nomination for president. you cannot turn on your television or fire up your computer without hearing what mr. obama must do on the closing night of the democratic convention. but it mostly boils down to this -- top bill. bill clinton. or at least live up to the set-up that was delivered in vintage bill clinton fashion on actually a night that typically belongs to the running mate. but do not fret for mr. joe bid
and this from james, it depends on who president obama says tonight. and if his speech is as good as his wife's speech and as informative as president clinton's speech, he will win in november. keep the conversation going. thank you for your comments. and thank you for joining me this morning. i'm carol costello. "cnn newsroom" continues right now with ashleigh banfield. >>> thank you very much. hi, everybody. good to see you. it's 11:00 on the east coast. 8:00 on the west...
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he plays barack obama. can you believe that? he does. he plays barack obama. he plays him well, too. i hate to tell you. we get the chance to debate one another after the hour and a half or so is over, i want to kick him out of the room. he's so good. >> if mitt romney kicked barack obama out of the room, it would be quite something. >> i imagine he might kick rob portman out of the room for some of the things he said. no, he -- look, i think when they get together, they're going to start talking about the issues. they're going to start talking about the economy. why the deficit's been above $1 trillion now four years running, and maybe if the moderators get into it, what's happening in the middle east, and what they think they can do about it. i think that governor romney's plan's going to be to try to stick to the substance because i think the country knows we need a change. >> i'm only half joking about kicking out of the room. metaphorically, a lot of republicans want to see mitt romney do just that to the president. they want to see him verbally beat him
he plays barack obama. can you believe that? he does. he plays barack obama. he plays him well, too. i hate to tell you. we get the chance to debate one another after the hour and a half or so is over, i want to kick him out of the room. he's so good. >> if mitt romney kicked barack obama out of the room, it would be quite something. >> i imagine he might kick rob portman out of the room for some of the things he said. no, he -- look, i think when they get together, they're going to...
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his relationship with barack obama is a fascinating one. when barack obama ran against hillary clinton things got pretty heated. they both need each other. i think president clinton needs the exposure and having the president using him as his number one sounding board as advisor which he does do from time to time and barack obama needs the magic power of a ex-president who is more popular now than ever in office. i think you can expect a real rally cry and i can imagine it will do barack obama no end of good. >> i read liz's piece. one of the ways he phrased it was quasi-friendship and president obama semi embracing of bill clinton because he needs him. we started thinking about this and here they are on the golf course. these are two alpha males. the sitting president, previous president. is there really any surprise that their agendas aren't a pitch perfect match? >> no. absolutely not. it's like when i meet up with larry king. it's not like we sit there telling each other how wonderful we are. i think anyone expects people like that who
his relationship with barack obama is a fascinating one. when barack obama ran against hillary clinton things got pretty heated. they both need each other. i think president clinton needs the exposure and having the president using him as his number one sounding board as advisor which he does do from time to time and barack obama needs the magic power of a ex-president who is more popular now than ever in office. i think you can expect a real rally cry and i can imagine it will do barack obama...
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one of president obama's good one-liners tonight. >> one of president obama's good one liners tonight at the al smith dinner in new york. back with us gloria borger, jim acosta. the most important issues facing them right now. when it comes to women, the most important issue, abortion, 39%. jobs, health care, the economy, equal rights, 19, 18, 16, 15%. were you surprised by the poll? >> i was surprised by the poll, wolf. i think generally while women obviously care about the issue of abortion, the issue of contraception and a whole variety of social issues, the number one issue that we have seen in a lot of polls is the question of the economy. i think if you look at the polling of women in battleground states, it's very mixed as you go -- as you go from state to state. so i was surprised by that. by that result. but, again, wolf, you look tonight, the battleground states new nbc poll, iowa and wisconsin, the president up. and so the question about the gender gap with a gender gap in the double digits in the president's favor. last week, we had gender gap polls that showed something e
one of president obama's good one-liners tonight. >> one of president obama's good one liners tonight at the al smith dinner in new york. back with us gloria borger, jim acosta. the most important issues facing them right now. when it comes to women, the most important issue, abortion, 39%. jobs, health care, the economy, equal rights, 19, 18, 16, 15%. were you surprised by the poll? >> i was surprised by the poll, wolf. i think generally while women obviously care about the issue...
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lovely, really. >> any of the obama campaign been up? >> no, they haven't. >> what does it say to you about the state of the political discourse and debate in america that one innocuous tweet from you, purely because you're an actress and the color of your skin, sparked this kind of mayhem? >> i think it tells me that our state -- the state of our country is that we are not united. we need to be united. and we all need to understand that we are all capable of achieving the american dream. and you know, but that has to be something that is self-realized. and also, to demonize someone for achieving the american dream is unfair. >> i'm told you have a 22-year-old son which i find very hard to believe. >> yes. >> but you do, apparently, who wasn't that happy either with your political choice. >> he's not. >> he's an obama man? >> he's an obama man and that's fine. i love him for it. i love the fact that he's involved, that he cares, he's 22 and, you know, he has a point of view about his country. that's important. >> interestingly, the polls
lovely, really. >> any of the obama campaign been up? >> no, they haven't. >> what does it say to you about the state of the political discourse and debate in america that one innocuous tweet from you, purely because you're an actress and the color of your skin, sparked this kind of mayhem? >> i think it tells me that our state -- the state of our country is that we are not united. we need to be united. and we all need to understand that we are all capable of achieving...
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what clinched it for president obama? the minority vote, the youth vote and in part the women's vote. >> the reality is the younger voters, identify with the president. they like his positions. they like the democratic party's position. romney had 59% of the white vote. obama dominated everywhere else. >> when you look at a state like florida, we know that we signed up 137,000 new people to vote. and we also know that the president only won by about 50 thousand votes. and those folks we signed up to vote were black and brown primarily. >> reporter: studies show the hispanic vote agree between 43% from 2000 to 2010. the numbers can't be ignored. republicans acknowledging they need to reach out to latino and african-americans. >> i think that republicans certainly have to address that one way or another. i had dinner with archer davis not long ago who outlined what he thought and his points were very significant. in terms of what blacks and hispanics believe what they want and candidate and so on. i think if republicans don
what clinched it for president obama? the minority vote, the youth vote and in part the women's vote. >> the reality is the younger voters, identify with the president. they like his positions. they like the democratic party's position. romney had 59% of the white vote. obama dominated everywhere else. >> when you look at a state like florida, we know that we signed up 137,000 new people to vote. and we also know that the president only won by about 50 thousand votes. and those...
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. >> barack obama, president elect of the united states. >> this is cnn. >> right now barack obama and mitt romney, they're trying to close the deal with voters in battleground states. >> stand by for the new presidential poll as we count down the last crucial hours until election day. >> tonight, the final fran advertise race for president before voters have their say. mitt romney and barack obama ending a long and close campaign. >> do you want more of the same or do you want change? >> fighting for every vote until the bitter end. >> we know what change looks like and what he is offering ain't it. >> this hour our last presidential poll before election day, the candidate's 11th hour game plan and the possibility of a stunning cliff hang zero this is the time to elect a leader. >> i would like to win this earlier than later. >> cnn's countdown to election day, the fight for the presidency, the battle for congress, and the issues dividing the nation. >> i still believe in you. if you still believe in me, i am asking for your vote. >> i need you to go out there and find people that wil
. >> barack obama, president elect of the united states. >> this is cnn. >> right now barack obama and mitt romney, they're trying to close the deal with voters in battleground states. >> stand by for the new presidential poll as we count down the last crucial hours until election day. >> tonight, the final fran advertise race for president before voters have their say. mitt romney and barack obama ending a long and close campaign. >> do you want more of the...
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i mean, obama. if he is behind in florida, according to florida history, he is not going to win the general election. >> let's get this straight on medicare. the $700 billion plus that al and other republicans speak about coming out of medicare just so all of florida seniors knows, that's coming out of insurance companies and providers who are charging too much. >> providers are -- but, okay, let me just -- i don't want to get into the weeds on this number because nobody ever comes to an agreement on it, but a provider is a doctor, and what we know is that those folks on medicare have to struggle sometimes to find a doctor who will accept medicare, so if cut those payments further for providers, that's a problem, is it not? >> 45% of doctors and hospitals in florida have said they will not take medicare patients in the event that obama's cuts come into effect. >> the financial security of medicare under president obama's watch has been extended eight years. that's an enormously important factor for
i mean, obama. if he is behind in florida, according to florida history, he is not going to win the general election. >> let's get this straight on medicare. the $700 billion plus that al and other republicans speak about coming out of medicare just so all of florida seniors knows, that's coming out of insurance companies and providers who are charging too much. >> providers are -- but, okay, let me just -- i don't want to get into the weeds on this number because nobody ever comes...
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and they're blaming barack obama. they're saying, listen, you came in on this huge groundswell of i'm the hope, i'm the future, i'm going to fix this. and for these people, he hasn't fixed it. >> is he perfect? no. but we can't -- you have to finish the sentence. he's not a dictator. he didn't elect a dictator. number one, he doesn't run the world. so he can't be in charge of spain or greece or what's going on in the world economy. he deals with a republican congress, which we just said is not going to do business with him. it's a miracle he passed the affordable health care act. that was a miracle that passed. now let's hope it stays in business. but, so, no, he hasn't been perfect. in meeting him and in listening to him and in talking with him, asking questions, whatever, for an hour and 15 minutes i think it was, i'm blown away. bill clinton was more engaging. with barack obama, he was the coolest guy in school. you know what i mean? if you were in high school, he was just the cool -- he is so calm and collected. a
and they're blaming barack obama. they're saying, listen, you came in on this huge groundswell of i'm the hope, i'm the future, i'm going to fix this. and for these people, he hasn't fixed it. >> is he perfect? no. but we can't -- you have to finish the sentence. he's not a dictator. he didn't elect a dictator. number one, he doesn't run the world. so he can't be in charge of spain or greece or what's going on in the world economy. he deals with a republican congress, which we just said...
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it is obama's fault. and governor romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. >> the president's case for four more years and joining me is martin o'malley and bev per due and antonio villaraigosa. and also, we will be joined by eric fehrnstrom and also the other star of the republican national convention, ann romney. and we will be joined by "washington post" chief political writer dan balz and jessica yellin, cnn chief white house correspondent. all on this edition of "state of the union." >>> the president is running for reelection on difficult terrain. no president has won re-election in in economic climate. no president has retaken the presidency after over 8% unemployment, and chairman ben bernanke warns that the economy is far from satisfactory and the stagnation of the market is of grave concern. and the president's job approval rating has hovered around 50%, and the enthusiasm from democrats is down from four years ago. join ming me are north carolina gov
it is obama's fault. and governor romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. >> the president's case for four more years and joining me is martin o'malley and bev per due and antonio villaraigosa. and also, we will be joined by eric fehrnstrom and also the other star of the republican national convention, ann romney. and we will be joined by "washington post" chief political writer dan balz and jessica yellin, cnn chief white house...
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if this was just an attack by the obama campaign and obama was standing in front of the camera saying this is what i think about what he did at bain, it's a very different thing. but using words like harvesting. what does that make the people who lost their jobs, the chaff? what does that make them? this is the worst kind of abusive language that you can possibly imagine. >> the problem for him is it plays to, kristen, i will come back to you on this, it plays to this sense there's always been about mitt romney that he's too rich, too detached. with that comes a kind of arrogance and disconnect from the average american. these two things, his bain record and the taxes issue and the 47%, it all just morphs into a picture that he's just not one of them. >> yeah, but you know what, when we were living in times of peace and prosperity we have the luxury of trying to vote for the president who's the guy we would go get a beer with. you have unemployment over 8% for 43 months. when we're not living in a time of peace or prosperity, i think those issues of how much do i like this guy and how
if this was just an attack by the obama campaign and obama was standing in front of the camera saying this is what i think about what he did at bain, it's a very different thing. but using words like harvesting. what does that make the people who lost their jobs, the chaff? what does that make them? this is the worst kind of abusive language that you can possibly imagine. >> the problem for him is it plays to, kristen, i will come back to you on this, it plays to this sense there's always...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> ahmadinejad arrived for the united nations general assembly. the iranian president attracts a level of attention all too his own. his exclusive interview with piers morgan already setting the tone for wednesday's speech. want to bring piers morguen s with me. you had some fascinating, bizarre exchanges with iran's leader, including the issue of homosexuality, quite an exchange. what did he say when you're asking him about the recent death of u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens, in terms of the violence. did he condemn the violence sparked by that anti-islam video? >> i asked him to directly condemn it and he's quite careful about doing that. what he did do to be fair to him was having said how deplorable he felt the video itself was and mocking the prophet muhammad was completely unacceptable and incendiary. he also said the resolution to
mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> ahmadinejad arrived for the united nations general assembly. the iranian president attracts a level of attention all too his own. his exclusive interview with piers morgan already setting the tone for wednesday's speech. want to bring piers morguen s with me. you had some fascinating, bizarre...
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president obama has not reached out to him all the time because president obama doesn't really reach out to anybody all the time. but last fall after some aides met he asked the president -- obama asked president clinton to have a round of golf. they had a round of golf, they started talking. the relationship grew a little closer. and i think that was around the time when president obama realized that maybe it would be a great idea to have bill clinton become his character witness here at this convention. so i think they've grown closer. they certainly respect each other. but you know, wolf, and you know this relationships between presidents current and former are always kind of tricky. this one in particular. >> yeah. >> a lot of history. >> a lot of history there. if last night was an effort by the democrats to solidify the liberal base of the democratic party, get that vote night, i think tonight will be an effort to solidify the more moderate democrats. because bill clinton can be rather effective with that group of democrats and get the vote out. >> he re-invented the democratic
president obama has not reached out to him all the time because president obama doesn't really reach out to anybody all the time. but last fall after some aides met he asked the president -- obama asked president clinton to have a round of golf. they had a round of golf, they started talking. the relationship grew a little closer. and i think that was around the time when president obama realized that maybe it would be a great idea to have bill clinton become his character witness here at this...
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radicals setting fire to a box, labeled coffin of obama. the worst of the outrage happened in pakistan where 15 people died. want to go straight to islamabad, reza sayah live for us. what happened there today? >> reporter: a lot of violence, demonstrations throughout the country, most of the major cities as you mentioned. 15 people killed, 13 of them protesters, two of them police officers in the city of karachi. the demonstrations started very early, almost after dawn. they grew in number and intensity throughout the day. especially after friday prayers, around 2:00 p.m. local time, that's when a lot of people started heading out. and that's when demonstrations really started to grow. many of the people we saw today, devout muslims angry with this anti-islam movie, others were angry with the u.s. government. the u.s. foreign policy in the region, the occupation of afghanistan, the drone strikes that are killing militants in addition to civilians. but we also saw a lot of young people, a lot of teenagers, 20 somethings and these were the tr
radicals setting fire to a box, labeled coffin of obama. the worst of the outrage happened in pakistan where 15 people died. want to go straight to islamabad, reza sayah live for us. what happened there today? >> reporter: a lot of violence, demonstrations throughout the country, most of the major cities as you mentioned. 15 people killed, 13 of them protesters, two of them police officers in the city of karachi. the demonstrations started very early, almost after dawn. they grew in...
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face so the chairman of the joint chiefs was obama, the secretary of state was obama. it sort of captured -- obama has this fantasy, he didn't kill bin laden. the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s did. he didn't find bin laden. an enormous intelligence effort over a long period did. if you read the remarkable recent book "the finish" by mark bowden who earlier had done "blackhawk down" you get a sense of the effort that went into tracking down and killing bin laden. i don't take anything away from the president for making the decision to do it but i think it would be pretty hard for a president not to have decided to go after bin laden once they found him. >> yes, but let's be honest. if it was the other way round and mitt romney was the incumbent president and he had taken out bin laden, he would be talking about nothing else. it's all politics, isn't it, at the end of the day. let's get down to nitty-gritty here. let's move on to ohio. because it's getting increasingly clear it's going to be a very, very tight race. may all come down to ohio. how important is this whole issue of t
face so the chairman of the joint chiefs was obama, the secretary of state was obama. it sort of captured -- obama has this fantasy, he didn't kill bin laden. the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s did. he didn't find bin laden. an enormous intelligence effort over a long period did. if you read the remarkable recent book "the finish" by mark bowden who earlier had done "blackhawk down" you get a sense of the effort that went into tracking down and killing bin laden. i don't take anything...
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care takes $716 billion from medicare to spend on obama care. all you seniors out there, have you been denied choices? they haven't put a credible solution on the table. their ideas are old and their ideas are bad and they eliminate the guarantee of medicare. this is their essential claim that my opponent will destroy medicare, but is that really true? let's take a look at some of the facts and i'll bring in tools and look at the white house plan to begin with. this is the landscape they're dealing with. the cost of medicare will generally increase over the next ten years until it reaches about $1 trillion annually. they want to reduce that by about 10%. that's the orange part here. that's the part they're cutting out. now, their opponents look at that and say that's real care for real people that you're getting rid of and you just can't do that, but the white house says hold on. no, it's not, that's a reduction in the amount of money that we're paying to the administrative costs and to the hospitals and insurance programs. in a word, they say t
care takes $716 billion from medicare to spend on obama care. all you seniors out there, have you been denied choices? they haven't put a credible solution on the table. their ideas are old and their ideas are bad and they eliminate the guarantee of medicare. this is their essential claim that my opponent will destroy medicare, but is that really true? let's take a look at some of the facts and i'll bring in tools and look at the white house plan to begin with. this is the landscape they're...
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michelle obama is. >> michelle obama. i thought knocked it out of the park, as you americans would say. >> my first thought was, and i see here, this is an extremely impressive and attractive woman. >> but the media mavens were just warming up. when the 42nd president took the stage for a long, folksy, and colorful speech -- dimension it was long? it was a blast from the past for those of us who covered him in the '90s. >> president obama appointed several members of his cabinet, even though they supported hillary in the primary. [ applause ] >> heck, he even appointed hillary. [ laughter ] ♪ >> president clinton may have just made a better argument for the obama administration than the obama administration has been able to make for itself. >> just an amazing speech, i thought. >> i have to tell you, this may have been the best speech i have ever heard bill clinton deliver over all of these years. >> he's the most talented politician i've ever covered and the most charming man i ever met. no one in my view can mount an
michelle obama is. >> michelle obama. i thought knocked it out of the park, as you americans would say. >> my first thought was, and i see here, this is an extremely impressive and attractive woman. >> but the media mavens were just warming up. when the 42nd president took the stage for a long, folksy, and colorful speech -- dimension it was long? it was a blast from the past for those of us who covered him in the '90s. >> president obama appointed several members of his...
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headline, obama embraced by catholics. romney dines with rich people. of course, the president has put his own stamp on relations with the church. there have been some awkward moments, like when the president pulled pope benedict aside to share some advice on how to deal with his critics. he said, look, holy father, whatever the problem is, just blame it on pope john paul ii. of course, the president has found a way to take the sting out of the obama care mandates for the church. from now on, they are going to be in latin. we have very fundamental and sound principles that guide both the president and me. he and i, of course, feel the pressures and tensions of a close contest. it would be easy to let a healthy competition give way to the personal and the petty but fortunately, we don't carry the burden of disliking one another. our president has had some very fine and gracious moments. don't tell anyone i said so but our 44th president has many gifts and a beautiful family that would make any man proud. you can oppose -- i
headline, obama embraced by catholics. romney dines with rich people. of course, the president has put his own stamp on relations with the church. there have been some awkward moments, like when the president pulled pope benedict aside to share some advice on how to deal with his critics. he said, look, holy father, whatever the problem is, just blame it on pope john paul ii. of course, the president has found a way to take the sting out of the obama care mandates for the church. from now on,...
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what will an obama-romney debate look like? >> i mean, i debated mitt maybe 11, 12 times in 2007, going into 2008. always did well. he won some of the debates, never lost one. he's a very, very sound, very comfortable debater. we know the president is. the president is an extraordinarily smart man. and they're very similar. they're both a little wankish. they like to get into the weeds a lot. they both want to understand very deeply what the policies are. they're both going to be enormously well prepared and i think they're very important. but ultimately i think the economy is going to decide this election. assuming no one of them wins or loses by a big margin in the debates, which i think they're going to be pretty even. this is going to come down to america's view of the economy and whether they want to give president obama four more years. if things remain the way they seem to be on friday with the unemployment numbers, i think the president has a hard time asking for four more years. >> but as far as those up decided voters
what will an obama-romney debate look like? >> i mean, i debated mitt maybe 11, 12 times in 2007, going into 2008. always did well. he won some of the debates, never lost one. he's a very, very sound, very comfortable debater. we know the president is. the president is an extraordinarily smart man. and they're very similar. they're both a little wankish. they like to get into the weeds a lot. they both want to understand very deeply what the policies are. they're both going to be...
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president obama is -- obviously very close races in battleground states, although the obama campaign would rather be where they are. when you look at the national polls, it is neck and neck. president obama trying to rally voters and get these enthusiastic so that they will get out to vote on election day. >> brianna keeler in hollywood, california. and we'll go back to hollywood, florida, when the president starts to speak. >>> all right, meantime republican mitt romney is conceding nothing to the president. earlier he spoke to voters in the democratic stronghold of cleveland, ohio. no republican candidate has ever won the white house without winning ohio. and romney expects to continue that streak. >> if you believe america should be on a better course or if you're tired of being tired, i ask you to vote for real change. paul ryan and i will bring real change to america from day one. when i'm elected the economy and american jobs will still be stagnant, but i won't waste any time complaining about my predecessor. >> this was the second of four events romney had scheduled for today.
president obama is -- obviously very close races in battleground states, although the obama campaign would rather be where they are. when you look at the national polls, it is neck and neck. president obama trying to rally voters and get these enthusiastic so that they will get out to vote on election day. >> brianna keeler in hollywood, california. and we'll go back to hollywood, florida, when the president starts to speak. >>> all right, meantime republican mitt romney is...
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obama up five points. what is wrong there? >> nothing is wrong. it's called an election. >> well, that's -- some of these -- those are pretty good leads compared to what we have seen before. >> i don't know. those are the kinds of leads john kerry had on election day, and george bush became the president. you know? so those are -- those are margins that are well within striking distance for either candidate to be overconfident about who is going to win this election. in fact, whoever is overconfident about whoever is going to win this election is probe going to lose it. this is a darn close election. whoever expected what happened in the last week, week and a half with -- in this election. this is going to be an election about the economy. it's now becoming an election that's looking an awful lot like 1980 with jim jimmy carter style president in the white house. >> certainly, you would agree, certainly, that having american hostages held for 444 days is a little different from having a protest outside ame
obama up five points. what is wrong there? >> nothing is wrong. it's called an election. >> well, that's -- some of these -- those are pretty good leads compared to what we have seen before. >> i don't know. those are the kinds of leads john kerry had on election day, and george bush became the president. you know? so those are -- those are margins that are well within striking distance for either candidate to be overconfident about who is going to win this election. in fact,...
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we got to finish what obama started. we got to finish this recovery. >> without a doubt, president obama inherited a difficult situation. here's the problem. he made it worse. >> vice president joe biden, republican nominee for vice president paul ryan, talking during today's campaign events. back now, richard belzer. joining us, best-selling author and political satirist, p.j. o'rourke. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm good. >> hi, p.j. >> before we go to on politics are you a natural conspiracy theorist, p.j.? >> no, i'm not. in general, conspiracy theories are the way people say, golly, the world's so dumb, even i can understand it. so i generally tend to leave them alone. i'm not saying -- richard's done the leg work here on this. i'm not dissing him. i'm just talking about -- >> no, no. don't get me wrong. it's a fascinating book. it's incdibly detailed. i think it will raise a number of questions. that have in many cases remained unanswered for a long time. it's definitely well worth reading. let's turn to politics. p.j.
we got to finish what obama started. we got to finish this recovery. >> without a doubt, president obama inherited a difficult situation. here's the problem. he made it worse. >> vice president joe biden, republican nominee for vice president paul ryan, talking during today's campaign events. back now, richard belzer. joining us, best-selling author and political satirist, p.j. o'rourke. >> hi, how are you? >> i'm good. >> hi, p.j. >> before we go to on...
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we haven't heard it from president obama. their feeling right or wrong is -- now we -- >> romney-ryan, we'll take another quick break. we'll show you pictures you've never seen before. vice presidential running mate, you're look at
we haven't heard it from president obama. their feeling right or wrong is -- now we -- >> romney-ryan, we'll take another quick break. we'll show you pictures you've never seen before. vice presidential running mate, you're look at
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family, michelle obama. you know, this is just like a relay and you start off with the fastest person. so i'm going to be at home. i'm going to be watching it with our girls. and i am going to try not to let them see their daddy cry. because when michelle starts talking, i -- i start getting all misty. but i'm looking forward to being in charlotte, myself. i'll go down there tomorrow and, you know, last week our friends in the other party had their convention. don't boo. vote. vote. >> four more years! four more years! four more years! >> now, now, just in case some of you missed it, some of you didn't dvr the republican convention, let me give you a basic recap. basically they said, first of all, everything's bad and it's obama's fault. and governor romney knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. the only problem was he kept it secret. there was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices, but they never bothered to tell you what they were. and when my opponent had the chance to offer
family, michelle obama. you know, this is just like a relay and you start off with the fastest person. so i'm going to be at home. i'm going to be watching it with our girls. and i am going to try not to let them see their daddy cry. because when michelle starts talking, i -- i start getting all misty. but i'm looking forward to being in charlotte, myself. i'll go down there tomorrow and, you know, last week our friends in the other party had their convention. don't boo. vote. vote. >>...
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barack obama. very consistent with all of the various reactions from the left and right so far, a very good night for mitt romney, not very good for the president of the united states. >> those poll numbers are telling. >> in polarized america, for any candidate to get above 50% are huge. 45%, 43%, solid republican. >> are those undecided voters? >> registered voters who watched the debate. a lot of president's supporters say he got spanked tonight. >> it tightens -- what this means, it's likely as we saw in 2004, when john kerry won the first debate, that the polls will tighten a bit, and -- but it also means to me that the obama campaign can't press the delete button fast enough on this debate and they will go out there and they will erase it. and they will go on the attack and they are very good at doing that, and the president can be good at doing that. it may get him back on his game. >> may not change the numbers very quickly. but it does prompt a lot of people to do, i need to take a second
barack obama. very consistent with all of the various reactions from the left and right so far, a very good night for mitt romney, not very good for the president of the united states. >> those poll numbers are telling. >> in polarized america, for any candidate to get above 50% are huge. 45%, 43%, solid republican. >> are those undecided voters? >> registered voters who watched the debate. a lot of president's supporters say he got spanked tonight. >> it tightens...
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barack obama is. >> but he said, i'm for welfare, for medicare, on the budget, i agree with barack obama, and his policies are the ones to move us forward. i think he is a fantastic validator and we should listen to him. >> we will continue this conversation down the road. we're only just beginning. we have two months to go until the election. thanks to both of you for coming in. >>> on the road again, the conventions are behind them and the presidential candidates are racking up the miles in key battleground states. >>> and what women want from the candidates. moms talk about what it will take to win. the women's vote. that'll be $973.42. ya know, your rates and fees aren't exactly competitive. who do you think i am, quicken loans? [ spokesman ] when you refinance your mortgage with quicken loans, you'll find that our rates and fees are extremely competitive. because the last thing you want is to spend too much on your mortgage. one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. ♪ one more way quicken loans is engineered to amaze. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts
barack obama is. >> but he said, i'm for welfare, for medicare, on the budget, i agree with barack obama, and his policies are the ones to move us forward. i think he is a fantastic validator and we should listen to him. >> we will continue this conversation down the road. we're only just beginning. we have two months to go until the election. thanks to both of you for coming in. >>> on the road again, the conventions are behind them and the presidential candidates are...
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obama care doesn't make it less expensive. >> reporter: he wants obama cari gone, including the drug prescriptions for seniors. but he wants to keep pieces of the health care plan. although he doesn't say how it will work. >> we have to make sure that people who have pre-existing conditions are able to get insured. and folks who don't get sick don't get dropped by their insurance companies. >> reporter: romney and his running mate, paul ryan, proposed to cut medicaid by the next ten years, give states more control over their medicaid funds. overhaul medicare, people now younger than 55, when they reach retirement would have the option of getting a voucher to purchase private insurance. or they could stick with traditional medicare. >> this is designed to guarantee that seniors can always afford medicare coverage, no exceptions. >> now, there is major differences between the candidates, but perhaps the biggest split is over medicaid. many think of it as a safety net for the poor. but what it actually covers is poor families, pregnant women, people with disabilities as well as senior c
obama care doesn't make it less expensive. >> reporter: he wants obama cari gone, including the drug prescriptions for seniors. but he wants to keep pieces of the health care plan. although he doesn't say how it will work. >> we have to make sure that people who have pre-existing conditions are able to get insured. and folks who don't get sick don't get dropped by their insurance companies. >> reporter: romney and his running mate, paul ryan, proposed to cut medicaid by the...
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abc and the war war post has romney at 48% and obama at 49%. wolf blitzer, you have a special combing on this evening, we all know that the winner in this race will be the candidate with the most electoral votes. so what do we take -- what do we kind of grasp from his national polls then? >> you know, there's certainly a possibility, similar to what happened in 2000, that one of the candidates would get a majority of the popular vote, but not necessarily the 270 you need in the electoral college to be elected president of the united states. remember in 2000, al gore got about half a million more votes than george w. bush. but he lost florida by 537 votes as all of our viewers remember, and as a result, george w. bush had enough to win the more than 270 you need to be elected president of the united states and so you could have a situation that would develop in this particular case, maybe romney would win the popular vote but obama would win the electoral college. it wouldn't be the first time and that is certainly a possibility at this point. t
abc and the war war post has romney at 48% and obama at 49%. wolf blitzer, you have a special combing on this evening, we all know that the winner in this race will be the candidate with the most electoral votes. so what do we take -- what do we kind of grasp from his national polls then? >> you know, there's certainly a possibility, similar to what happened in 2000, that one of the candidates would get a majority of the popular vote, but not necessarily the 270 you need in the electoral...
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mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off of his phone. [ candidate ] and thanks to every young face i see out there. [ woman ] his phone is one of his biggest supporters. [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center... working together has never worked so well. but proven technologies allow natural gas producers to supply affordable, cleaner energy, while protecting our environment. across america, these technologies protect air - by monitoring air quality and reducing emissions... ...protect water - through conservation and self-contained recycling systems... ... and protect land - by
mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? and the candidate's speech is in pieces all over the district. the writer's desktop and the coordinator's phone are working on a joke with local color. the secure cloud just received a revised intro from the strategist's tablet. and while i make my way into the venue, the candidate will be rehearsing off...
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they're outspending the obama campaign 2 to 1. fred, nobody, no republican has won pennsylvania since 1988 in a presidential contest. of course, the romney campaign thinks with the polls tightening up they have a chance. take a look at this. you mentioned the polg eed the . a four point advantage in the president. that is within the sampling area. president obama had a bigger lead here in pennsylvania just a few weeks ago. fred? >> so, paul, is that feeling that the ads have helped the mitt romney campaign kind of put themselves over the top or at least near the top? >> reporter: this state got no attention in the presidential contest until the last week or two. you know what? the obama campaign says that the romney campaign is doing this out of desperation. this is a last-minute bid to try to win pennsylvania because the obama campaign says the romney campaign is not doing well in ohio, in other states like wisconsin and iowa. romney campaign says, no, not at all. we're making this last minute pitch because we think we can broade
they're outspending the obama campaign 2 to 1. fred, nobody, no republican has won pennsylvania since 1988 in a presidential contest. of course, the romney campaign thinks with the polls tightening up they have a chance. take a look at this. you mentioned the polg eed the . a four point advantage in the president. that is within the sampling area. president obama had a bigger lead here in pennsylvania just a few weeks ago. fred? >> so, paul, is that feeling that the ads have helped the...
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president barack obama departing andrews heading for long as. he's got a private fund-raiser, then the stars come out for a big concert. earth wind and fire, bon jovi, elton john, stevie wonder. those are some of the headliners at a fund-raising concert for the president later this evening. hold on. we're live from l.a. in just a minute, the preview. >>> just 24 hours the meningitis outbreak has grown by almost one-third. the cdc is confirming now 91 cases of fungal meningitis in nine states, including seven deaths. that's 27 new cases since yesterday. nearly half of the new cases in michigan. fungal meningitis is linked to contaminated steroid injections used to ease back and neck pain. the company that contributed the steroid issued a voluntary recall for all its products. >>> it's presidential election day in venezuela. analysts say this is the strongest challenge yet to the 13-year rule of hugo chavez. his opponent is young, 40 years old, considered a moderate. many venezuelans living here traveled long distances to vote absentee. >>> people
president barack obama departing andrews heading for long as. he's got a private fund-raiser, then the stars come out for a big concert. earth wind and fire, bon jovi, elton john, stevie wonder. those are some of the headliners at a fund-raising concert for the president later this evening. hold on. we're live from l.a. in just a minute, the preview. >>> just 24 hours the meningitis outbreak has grown by almost one-third. the cdc is confirming now 91 cases of fungal meningitis in nine...
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and michelle obama. also expected to take the stage. we're back with our panel. besides bruce springsteen, in terms of the -- we were talking about enthusiasm before. do you buy this argument that obviously the enthusiasm for president obama, you would agree paul is not the same as it was in 2008? >> absolutely not. >> it doesn't have to be. >> that's right. >> nothing will ever again get to that. that was a once in a million -- >> never say never. >> it was very hard. maybe if you run -- it would be tough for anybody to get there. things that have been reported on, the youth movement called youth mob and hoodie vote. young people are beginning to surge. they haven't hit the polls yet. young people are not getting called on their cell phones the way they would have. i think there's that human factor, we just don't know yet. it's less than it was before, but i think it may be more than people think. >> are you expecting us to get a decision tomorrow night or are the things like provisional ballots in ohio
and michelle obama. also expected to take the stage. we're back with our panel. besides bruce springsteen, in terms of the -- we were talking about enthusiasm before. do you buy this argument that obviously the enthusiasm for president obama, you would agree paul is not the same as it was in 2008? >> absolutely not. >> it doesn't have to be. >> that's right. >> nothing will ever again get to that. that was a once in a million -- >> never say never. >> it was...
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that was the obama i remember from '08, it wasn't the obama we saw in his convention speech. it wasn't the obama we saw in the debates. for some reason he was a little lackluster in this campaign. when it mattered, i thought he ripped it up. >> if we can get him apart and go after the fiscal cliff and deal with the republicans and go after his own staff, bring those cabinet members in, bang heads, how are we doing about jobs, putting every plan, regulation, is this a job creator or a job killer, and be on him and managing them. >> the republicans have got to be less intransigent too. >> yes. >> they have to be less driven i would argue, by the tea party, by the more right wing members of the party. they have to try to bring themselves a little bit more to the middle, haven't they? >> and the president has got to lasso harry reid who is day one has come out prepared to change the filibuster rules and all that. boehner so far has been okay. his day one was quite conciliatory. the president, if we could get his leadership, the way he has it in the campaign. he motivates the camp
that was the obama i remember from '08, it wasn't the obama we saw in his convention speech. it wasn't the obama we saw in the debates. for some reason he was a little lackluster in this campaign. when it mattered, i thought he ripped it up. >> if we can get him apart and go after the fiscal cliff and deal with the republicans and go after his own staff, bring those cabinet members in, bang heads, how are we doing about jobs, putting every plan, regulation, is this a job creator or a job...
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president obama called the first female president, sorry, could have fooled me. >>> a young student being attacked by a flesh-eating bacteria and tonight her parents come "outfront." outfront tonight, crisis in america. just take a look at this video. sums it all up. you at home watching me, all of us are hurtling full bore into a cliff that could be our doom. this is the so-called fiscal cliff. $15 trillion in debt climbing every day. $2.8 trillion in tax cuts scheduled to expire this year. if we hit this cliff, fellow lemmings, we'll die. tonight i spent the day hearing the conversation at the fiscal summit from the key players, a bipartisan group including president bill clinton, treasury secretary timothy geithner, house budget committee chair paul ryan, house speaker john boehner, alan simpson from simpson-bowles and what i heard from all of them is a bipartisan call for action and alarm. >> the next few years could be the most consequential two years we see in washington and have seen in the last 50 or 60 years. >> and interest rates will go up so fast you won't be able to catch you
president obama called the first female president, sorry, could have fooled me. >>> a young student being attacked by a flesh-eating bacteria and tonight her parents come "outfront." outfront tonight, crisis in america. just take a look at this video. sums it all up. you at home watching me, all of us are hurtling full bore into a cliff that could be our doom. this is the so-called fiscal cliff. $15 trillion in debt climbing every day. $2.8 trillion in tax cuts scheduled to...
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why are you blaming obama? >> well, you can't blame me because i was trying to get it under control, and i'm the one who came up with what's now known as the bennett hypothesis, which is the availability of money increases the price of higher education, and i think it's been proven now by the scholars. the higher amount you put in to higher education at the federal level particularly, the more the price of higher education rises. it's the dog that never catches its tail. you increase student loans, you increase grants, you increase pela grants, stafford loans, and what happens? they raise the price. >> it's like the housing bubble -- >> way above the rate of inflation, the reason is -- >> the more available in the housing market leads to a bubble in prices, and at some point ha has to pop. you're saying education's like that, too. >> very similar. and the reason there's a difference in the administrations. you can say republicans have their ties and their people with whom they're close. the higher education lob
why are you blaming obama? >> well, you can't blame me because i was trying to get it under control, and i'm the one who came up with what's now known as the bennett hypothesis, which is the availability of money increases the price of higher education, and i think it's been proven now by the scholars. the higher amount you put in to higher education at the federal level particularly, the more the price of higher education rises. it's the dog that never catches its tail. you increase...
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top barack obama? >> the expectations game tonight works against the president. it is a speech that will be compared to the '08 speech. >> reporter: obama comes from a long line of presidential party candidates who faced similar challenges. recall bill clinton's snoozer of a speech. >> in closing -- [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: became history when it was replaced by the 1992 rousing speech. >> i have news for those defenders of greed and the status quo, your time has come and gone. >> reporter: it is up to obama to live up to clinton's second successful convention speech. >> tonight, let us resolve to build that bridge to the 21st century to meet our challenges and protect our values. >> the president has to make a case for his own re-election, and to remind voters why he re-elected him in the first place and what are the choices he has made that are helpful and successful despite the fact that there may have been some things that the president did not achieve. >> reporter: that means obama's c
top barack obama? >> the expectations game tonight works against the president. it is a speech that will be compared to the '08 speech. >> reporter: obama comes from a long line of presidential party candidates who faced similar challenges. recall bill clinton's snoozer of a speech. >> in closing -- [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: became history when it was replaced by the 1992 rousing speech. >> i have news for those defenders of greed and the status quo,...
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that's leading the obama team to ramp up the pressure. dan lothian has more for us. >> reporter: democrats want to know more about romney's personal finances. they have been hitting him on news shows and political ads. now, the obama campaign says they will stop asking questions if he releases three more years of tax returns. it's the political version of let's make a deal. if he releases tax returns the obama campaign will stop ads like this one. did he pay 5%, 10%, zero? we don't know. >> reporter: the letter came from an election campaign manager. governor romney apparently fears the more he offers the more our campaign will demand he provide. i'm prepared to provide assurances on that point. if the governor will release five years in taxes, we will not criticize him for not releasing more. romney has been under pressure from democrats to be more transparent on taxes after he insisted on releasing two years of returns. some republicans urged him to do more to make the issue go away. he counters his personal taxes are not what voters ca
that's leading the obama team to ramp up the pressure. dan lothian has more for us. >> reporter: democrats want to know more about romney's personal finances. they have been hitting him on news shows and political ads. now, the obama campaign says they will stop asking questions if he releases three more years of tax returns. it's the political version of let's make a deal. if he releases tax returns the obama campaign will stop ads like this one. did he pay 5%, 10%, zero? we don't know....
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flag pin than the obama. is the debate over? 14 minutes until we can get all go back to preferring the candidate we liked when the debate started. remember, if you missed it last night and, of course, you want to see the whole thing for yourself, we're going to be airing the entire debate 1:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> and the day after what many in his own party are calling a very disappointing debate performance. the president is now back out on the trail trying to get his mojo back. we're going to go live to denver. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. thanks. that's the cold truth! can youlyric can.aid do this? thanks. lyric can. lyric can. lyric by phonak is the world's only 24/7, 100% invisible hearing device. it's tiny. but lyric's not just about what you can't see. it's about what it can do. lyric can be worn 24/7 for up to four months, without
flag pin than the obama. is the debate over? 14 minutes until we can get all go back to preferring the candidate we liked when the debate started. remember, if you missed it last night and, of course, you want to see the whole thing for yourself, we're going to be airing the entire debate 1:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> and the day after what many in his own party are calling a very disappointing debate performance. the president is now back out on the trail trying to get his...
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you see that in all of the personality distinctions between romney and obama. >> right. >> where obama seems that he understands the problems of people like you. and again, part of the burden is actually the legacy of the bush administration, the fact that it wasn't just the housing crisis, but the middle class folks started getting squeezed when a greater percentage of their paycheck was coming out during the supposed bush glory years. >> and that's congress, too. >> absolutely. >> congress has passed laws and policies for years now with a very short-term -- i mean, they're short-termists, they really, really are. and i feel like people get it now, people get it, that it's been 25 years plus of policies that led them to where they are today, but i'm not sure they're hearing how to get out of it. >> they're not, and this is where it's incumbent upon the campaigns to go beyond bumper sticker politics to actual policies. look, if you believe america is as strong as our middle class, these numbers should be a wake-up call. talk about a fiscal cliff, the middle class is getting squeezed li
you see that in all of the personality distinctions between romney and obama. >> right. >> where obama seems that he understands the problems of people like you. and again, part of the burden is actually the legacy of the bush administration, the fact that it wasn't just the housing crisis, but the middle class folks started getting squeezed when a greater percentage of their paycheck was coming out during the supposed bush glory years. >> and that's congress, too. >>...
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first the big promise of obama care under the microscope. as you know, certainly if you've been watching this program nearly 50 million americans don't have health insurance. now obama care is supposed to eventually change that but many of those it's supposed to help now don't know the details. for example, people who can't get insurance because they have what's known as a preexisting condition. and that brings me to the story of leslie elder, a woman with cancer who i met three years ago. >> i always said, i don't get a ca cold. i get cancer. >> cancer seemed to follow leslie elder. she was diagnosed with breast cancer for the first time in 1988. did you worry about paying for the medical care? >> no. at that time i had a good coverage. >> reporter: 13 years later she was struck with breast cancer again. >> as i'm recuperating, i receive $21,000 of bills that i was responsible for. >> reporter: since elder's first bout with cancer, health care costs skyrocketed. eventually it got so expensive the elders took their chances and dropped their
first the big promise of obama care under the microscope. as you know, certainly if you've been watching this program nearly 50 million americans don't have health insurance. now obama care is supposed to eventually change that but many of those it's supposed to help now don't know the details. for example, people who can't get insurance because they have what's known as a preexisting condition. and that brings me to the story of leslie elder, a woman with cancer who i met three years ago....
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obama. [ applause ] >> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states, and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. now, folks, in tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk, all about how the president and the democrats don't really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everybody to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy. this republican narrative, its alternative universe says that every one of us in this room who amounts to anything, we're all completely self-made. one of the greatest chairmen the democratic party ever had, bob strauss, used to say that every politician wants every voter to believe he was born in a log cabin he built himself. but as strauss then admitted, it ain't so. we democrats, we think the country works better with a strong middle class, with real opportunities for poor folks to work their way into it, where the relentless focus on the future with business and go
obama. [ applause ] >> i want barack obama to be the next president of the united states, and i proudly nominate him to be the standard bearer of the democratic party. now, folks, in tampa a few days ago, we heard a lot of talk, all about how the president and the democrats don't really believe in free enterprise and individual initiative, how we want everybody to be dependent on the government, how bad we are for the economy. this republican narrative, its alternative universe says that...
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you know, president obama also has proposed a cap on medicare spending. in fact, if you look at the numbers, it seems to be almost exactly the same cap as paul ryan. so the president's plan, the plan that exists now, would have the same effect as the ryan plan, would it not? >> they do have the same cost trajectory, but there's a key difference. this brings us back to the question of is this ending medicare or not ending medicare. you know, when i think of medicare, when i think of what was created in 1965, it was a guarantee of benefits. it was a promise to the seniors that, look, no matter what happens, you will get these benefits. you will be covered. and if it costs more money, we'll find a way to do it. either we'll pay higher taxes or run a higher deficit, we'll take money from somewhere else. no matter what happens, those benefits are solid. and the way the obama plan is structure sudden true to the promise. -- structured is true to the promise. nothing will change the benefits. the republican approach does not do that. the republican approach says
you know, president obama also has proposed a cap on medicare spending. in fact, if you look at the numbers, it seems to be almost exactly the same cap as paul ryan. so the president's plan, the plan that exists now, would have the same effect as the ryan plan, would it not? >> they do have the same cost trajectory, but there's a key difference. this brings us back to the question of is this ending medicare or not ending medicare. you know, when i think of medicare, when i think of what...
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take a look. >> i'm barack obama. i approved this message. >> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> in swing states across the country, air waves have been dominated by presidential campaign ads in these last days leading up to the election. new ads are out nearly every day. >> i will keep america strong. >> with both campaigns hitting their message hard. >> mitt romney's not the solution. he's the problem. >> drastically different messages but with some notable similarities. the "new york times" the campaign media analysis group at kantar media studied 119 presidential campaign ads that aired nearly 180,000 times in october. looking for similarities in images, themes and props. >> the campaigns have a tremendous number of ads in rotation and there's a special focus on women voters. >> 13% of the ads from both campaigns featured the voices of women. mitt romney's campaign tries to show he understands women's issues in this ad. >> he totally gets working women. >> while president barack obama's campaign ad wa
take a look. >> i'm barack obama. i approved this message. >> i'm mitt romney and i approved this message. >> in swing states across the country, air waves have been dominated by presidential campaign ads in these last days leading up to the election. new ads are out nearly every day. >> i will keep america strong. >> with both campaigns hitting their message hard. >> mitt romney's not the solution. he's the problem. >> drastically different messages...
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if i take away the scribbles, president obama winning big. mitt romney hoping that paul ryan can make a couple of these blue states red. >> and that recent poll in virginia did have president obama slightly ahead of mitt romney. let's take another quick break. john, stand by, everyone stand by. these are live pictures from norfolk, in the battle ground, a world war ii battleship. it's docked there. when we come back we're going to learn a lot more about paul ryan, not only a politician, a father, a son. but we're going to learn he's also a fisherman. stand by. an airline has planes... and people. and the planes can seem the same so, it comes down to the people. because, bad weather the price of oil those are every airlines reality. and solutions won't come from 500 tons of metal and a paint job. they'll come from people. delta people. who made us one of the biggest airlines in the world. and then decided that wasn't enough. would you mind if to be i go ahead of you?omer. instead we had someone go ahead of him and win fifty thousand dollars. c
if i take away the scribbles, president obama winning big. mitt romney hoping that paul ryan can make a couple of these blue states red. >> and that recent poll in virginia did have president obama slightly ahead of mitt romney. let's take another quick break. john, stand by, everyone stand by. these are live pictures from norfolk, in the battle ground, a world war ii battleship. it's docked there. when we come back we're going to learn a lot more about paul ryan, not only a politician, a...
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that's why president obama -- president obama has the last momentum. president obama, not mama. my mama is not here, but go knows if she was alive, she would vote. i voted early. >> all right. >> i voted absentee, and i'll tell you this, i will not argue with donna. president obama has the rhythm, the dancing down and the groove, but what you need is the votes. >> you got that too. >> the votes are very competitive, because i do want to bring this up. we saw him in lynchburg, have a vashg mitt romney, and the republicans are worried about former virginia congressman virgin good. the constitution party candidate, the third party candidate. he served six terms in the house. is he from south side virginia. this is really a conservative part of the state. when you think about it, if he takes away 1,000 votes from romney that, could cost him virginia. is there a real effort here, real concern about that? >> you know, suzanne, the smart thing at this point is, as i said before, to be concerned about everything. it's just too close a race not to take the details into consideration. yes
that's why president obama -- president obama has the last momentum. president obama, not mama. my mama is not here, but go knows if she was alive, she would vote. i voted early. >> all right. >> i voted absentee, and i'll tell you this, i will not argue with donna. president obama has the rhythm, the dancing down and the groove, but what you need is the votes. >> you got that too. >> the votes are very competitive, because i do want to bring this up. we saw him in...
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you will remember that president obama won the state by 14 points in 2008. and it has not gone for a republican since ronald reagan, so nearly 30 years ago. but she also said yes, you can see the latest polls showing that the president is ahead. our cnn polls have him up 52% to romney's 43%. but sake said they will treat wisconsin like any battleground state, which is they will act like they're five points behind. >> all right, what is the expected message from the president today? >> well, the day will be all about energizing the supporters. when we got here today there were people lined up. it is also, they expect him to touch on the early voting. it is not expected to start in wisconsin until october 22rd, and absentee voting has already started, idaho, south dakota, by some estimates by election day 40% of voters may have already cast their ballots. so this is something we're hearing the president and surrogates stress a lot, along with registered voters, making sure they're registered, walking up and down with clip boards, energizing the base and making
you will remember that president obama won the state by 14 points in 2008. and it has not gone for a republican since ronald reagan, so nearly 30 years ago. but she also said yes, you can see the latest polls showing that the president is ahead. our cnn polls have him up 52% to romney's 43%. but sake said they will treat wisconsin like any battleground state, which is they will act like they're five points behind. >> all right, what is the expected message from the president today?...
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we know that lots of folks saying michelle obama knocked it out of the park, bill clinton and obama obama were no slouches either, of course, so who other than someone named clinton or obama really impressed you? >> i think that one of the other speeches that really stuck out for me, and i know was a big hit at the convention and with folks around the country was our keynote speaker, the first latino ever for a dnc keynote speaker, julian castro. and he really, i think, impressed the crowd not just with his personal story, but with his argument about how his personal story was not just the quintessential american story, but it was a story that was possible only in this great country and that the opportunities that were available to him to make him successful are the opportunities that are at stake in this election and that it was obama's policies that he's put in place and will continue to put in place to make sure that that american dream that he is now fulfilling is going to be available to everybody, regardless of how much money you make, where you come from, what family you were born
we know that lots of folks saying michelle obama knocked it out of the park, bill clinton and obama obama were no slouches either, of course, so who other than someone named clinton or obama really impressed you? >> i think that one of the other speeches that really stuck out for me, and i know was a big hit at the convention and with folks around the country was our keynote speaker, the first latino ever for a dnc keynote speaker, julian castro. and he really, i think, impressed the...
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but what president obama wants to do is extend a tax cut that you've actually been living with for about a decade. see, back during the final years of the clinton administration, the u.s. had a budget surplus. in the year 2000, the federal government took in $236 billion more than it spent. and the presidential election that year, then-texas governor george w. bush running against al gore pledged to give that money back to the taxpayers. >> we don't believe the surplus is the government's money. we know the surplus is the people's money and we're going to send some of that money back to the people who pay their bills. >> and send it back he did. when he became president, through temporary tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 known as the bush tax cuts. the first of those tax cuts were set to expire back in 2010 but the economy was still shaky back then, so vice president biden and senator mitch mcconnell struck a deal to extend them for two more years for everyone. now those tax cuts are set to expire again at the end of this year. it is part of the so-called fiscal cliff that economists are warnin
but what president obama wants to do is extend a tax cut that you've actually been living with for about a decade. see, back during the final years of the clinton administration, the u.s. had a budget surplus. in the year 2000, the federal government took in $236 billion more than it spent. and the presidential election that year, then-texas governor george w. bush running against al gore pledged to give that money back to the taxpayers. >> we don't believe the surplus is the government's...
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but what happens if obama wins again? okay, that documentary was telling you about, 2016, obama's america, it is the second highest grossing political documentary in history -- "fahrenheit 9/11" was the highest. this is co-written by denise sousa, and it paints a dire picture. >> president obama has a dream by his father, that the sins be set right and america be downsized. >> according to the "washington post," here's what the movie tells viewers. if the president is reelected, the world four years from now will be darkened by the clouds of economic collapse and a terrifyingly ascended united states of islam in the middle east. that would be a distortion of the president's way of thinking, but it did make me think about giving you a less politicized version of the next three years, and this is a snapshot. health care. by 2016, obamacare will be fully entrench entrenched, its missions entirely moved in and 30 million more americans will be insured. marginal tax rates for families making more than $250,000 will go back to
but what happens if obama wins again? okay, that documentary was telling you about, 2016, obama's america, it is the second highest grossing political documentary in history -- "fahrenheit 9/11" was the highest. this is co-written by denise sousa, and it paints a dire picture. >> president obama has a dream by his father, that the sins be set right and america be downsized. >> according to the "washington post," here's what the movie tells viewers. if the...
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obama doesn't own all of that. much of it is a result of a deal congress reached last year for automatic cuts when lawmakers could not agree on a budget deal and their impact on national security is debated. finally ohio governor john kasich made a crack about joe biden saying the republican vice president claims to be a good golfer. horrors. they ranked 150 golfers in washington and joe biden came in 29th with a 6.3 handicap. he's an excellent golfer. in in who says otherwise has shanked the truth off into the rough. >> that's the republican convention. of course the democrats have their this week in charlotte. tom foreman will back with us next weekend to check their facts. >>> in writing the book, he may have broken the law. next hour we'll talk about s.e.a.l. team six who has the bngz crying foul. i'm serious, we compare our direct rates side by side to find you a great deal, even if it's not with us. [ ding ] oh, that's helpful! well, our company does that, too. actually, we invented that. it's like a sauna in
obama doesn't own all of that. much of it is a result of a deal congress reached last year for automatic cuts when lawmakers could not agree on a budget deal and their impact on national security is debated. finally ohio governor john kasich made a crack about joe biden saying the republican vice president claims to be a good golfer. horrors. they ranked 150 golfers in washington and joe biden came in 29th with a 6.3 handicap. he's an excellent golfer. in in who says otherwise has shanked the...
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jessica what are you hearing from the obama campaign? >> reporter: senior obama aides tell me that so farther seeing no surprises in the data. specifically they say they see no surge for governor romney. what this means is governor romney would need a significant edge in the turnout on election day to overcome president obama's early vote advantage in so many of these battle ground states and what these senior aides are telling me is that they are not seeing governor romney get that turnout edge today. of course, it is still early and far too soon to know. what they're also telling me is they are seeing high turnout across the nation on both sides. but they particularly point to pennsylvania and virginia telling me they're seeing an increased african-american vote in both those states. that would be very good for president obama if the african-american vote turns out. i'm told they are feeling calm and confident. but as i say again, obviously they're giving me only the good news and it is way too early in the day to know how this will pl
jessica what are you hearing from the obama campaign? >> reporter: senior obama aides tell me that so farther seeing no surprises in the data. specifically they say they see no surge for governor romney. what this means is governor romney would need a significant edge in the turnout on election day to overcome president obama's early vote advantage in so many of these battle ground states and what these senior aides are telling me is that they are not seeing governor romney get that...
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they don't like barack obama. this is an opportunity for barack obama to try to turn them against mitt romney. there's the large part of the shape of this election to come. >> and seniors vote in much bigger percentages than younger people. especially in the state like florida, james carville. this is going to be a huge issue in florida. romney is taking his bus trip to florida over the next few days. what does this do, the romney/ryan ticket in a state like florida? >> yeah, i don't know. the numbers are, you know, pretty solid in terms of partisanship here. it will be interesting in the next few days, and i think david makes the best point of the morning. there's no way that romney can distance himself from the ryan plan. ryan is the ryan plan, almost inseparable. that's an interesting thing. the only other point i would make in general terms i was a little shocked at the optics that ryan didn't wear a coat and tie. i don't know if anyone else thinks it matters, but i was surprised at this. >> why were you surpr
they don't like barack obama. this is an opportunity for barack obama to try to turn them against mitt romney. there's the large part of the shape of this election to come. >> and seniors vote in much bigger percentages than younger people. especially in the state like florida, james carville. this is going to be a huge issue in florida. romney is taking his bus trip to florida over the next few days. what does this do, the romney/ryan ticket in a state like florida? >> yeah, i...
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today was all about hammering president obama on the economy. mr. romney saying that the president's going to say some things at his convention in charlotte that voters shouldn't believe. take a listen to what mitt romney said. >> a couple of things he's going to do. people are going to stop and say, but how are you going to do something different than last time? they've experienced the last four years. they know if they re-elect him, they'll get four more years of the same. it is not his words that people have to listen to, it is his action and his record. and if they look at that, they'll take him out of the office and put people into the office that will actually get america going again. >> reporter: and that's the whole idea, randi. listen, after all the distractions, they want to get back on message, talk about the economy and attack the president. we are two days from the start of the republican convention. one other thing, where are we? we're in powell, ohio. ohio, a crucial battleground state. president obama won it four years ago. mitt romn
today was all about hammering president obama on the economy. mr. romney saying that the president's going to say some things at his convention in charlotte that voters shouldn't believe. take a listen to what mitt romney said. >> a couple of things he's going to do. people are going to stop and say, but how are you going to do something different than last time? they've experienced the last four years. they know if they re-elect him, they'll get four more years of the same. it is not his...
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here's what the obama campaign had to say afterwards. "mitt romney took advantage of complex loopholes and tax shelters only available to those at the top." >> the romney campaign released a letter with numbers from the last 20 years of taxes, no returns, just a summary. basically it said that the romneys owed taxes for the last 20 years and averaged a rate of 20.2% and never paid below 13.66%. let's bring in paul steinhauser. good morning to you. why now? this is a late friday afternoon push out of these documents. what do you make of that? >> yeah, that's the traditional here in washington for so-called friday dump, if you want to hide a story, dump the documents or the news late on a friday because most people are moving ahead to the weekend, you won't get that much coverage. there may be something else here at play. maybe the timing is fortunate for mitt romney. maybe they wanted to get this out now because next week mitt romney i guess you'd call it a restart or buildup again, you're going to see mitt romney back on the campaign a l
here's what the obama campaign had to say afterwards. "mitt romney took advantage of complex loopholes and tax shelters only available to those at the top." >> the romney campaign released a letter with numbers from the last 20 years of taxes, no returns, just a summary. basically it said that the romneys owed taxes for the last 20 years and averaged a rate of 20.2% and never paid below 13.66%. let's bring in paul steinhauser. good morning to you. why now? this is a late friday...
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president obama is a yes, but with an asterik. now, candidate romney says he opposed any new laws. >> we need a president that will enforce current laws, and not create new ones. >> mr. obama expressed the need on assaulted weapons. >> they belong in the hands of soldiers and not criminals. >> the reason obama's yes as an asterisk is because -- >> he continued to pay lip service to those things but has not seen leadership. >> background checks have gotten more thorough under obama, and the big problem remains gun shows and the internet, specifically unlicensed dealers with buyers and no background check needed. president obama has supported closing the gun show loophole in the past, but the white house says his focus now is on existing laws. governor romney says no to any further regulation of gun shows. >> there's no particular change in law that is going to keep people who are intent on doing harm from doing harm. >> the majority of gun owners agree we should do everything possible from preventing criminals and fugitives from pu
president obama is a yes, but with an asterik. now, candidate romney says he opposed any new laws. >> we need a president that will enforce current laws, and not create new ones. >> mr. obama expressed the need on assaulted weapons. >> they belong in the hands of soldiers and not criminals. >> the reason obama's yes as an asterisk is because -- >> he continued to pay lip service to those things but has not seen leadership. >> background checks have gotten...
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. >> president obama and the economy. how is he managed to avoid public retribution for not fixing the economy? >> it's not a normal thing. >> the extraordinary work of a clinton initiative. >> keep pushing the rocks up the hill. >> big ideas from the big names. dee pock chopra, things get lively at the global initiative. you want to make farming sexy, don't you? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> mr. president, thank you very much for sparing the time to talk to me. you are in the eighth year now, of the clinton global initiative. i would imagine all the world leaders you managed to amass here, there are a few topics of concentrated attention. probably right at the top of the list would be this simmering tension between israel and iran. now, i interviewed president ahmadinejad last night and he was adamant that he has no plan to build a nuclear weapon, that he has purely peaceful intention. clearly, most people here don't believe him. what is the smart thing for america to do right now, given the ratcheting up of the rh
. >> president obama and the economy. how is he managed to avoid public retribution for not fixing the economy? >> it's not a normal thing. >> the extraordinary work of a clinton initiative. >> keep pushing the rocks up the hill. >> big ideas from the big names. dee pock chopra, things get lively at the global initiative. you want to make farming sexy, don't you? this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> mr. president, thank you very much for sparing...
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what did you think when you heard that president obama was doing that? >> i was -- i mean, i was so touched, you know? it just -- to me, it's really the civil rights, you know, issue of our time. and to have president obama, you know, come out to finally have a president, you know, be able to say that they believed in marriage equality, it just meant so much. you know? and i have so many gay and lesbian friends and it meant so much to them and it -- you know, it's just -- especially in an election year, just amazing that this is no longer the issue that it was for so many years. >> you and your stepmother have lively debates about this, chaz? >> you know, we really -- we really don't. i mean, when we talk politics, we find the common ground and this stuff that we feel differently about, you know, we don't let it get in the way of our relationship. you know, honestly, it got in the way of my relationship with my dad. i was a lot younger and took things more personally and i think, you know, he wasn't really a great communicator and at this point i wasn't
what did you think when you heard that president obama was doing that? >> i was -- i mean, i was so touched, you know? it just -- to me, it's really the civil rights, you know, issue of our time. and to have president obama, you know, come out to finally have a president, you know, be able to say that they believed in marriage equality, it just meant so much. you know? and i have so many gay and lesbian friends and it meant so much to them and it -- you know, it's just -- especially in an...